Types of moths white. It belongs to the saturniidae family also known as saturniids. The asian gypsy is more common in areas like southern europe asia the pacific and northern africa. The white lined sphinx moth hyles lineata in the picture provides another example of hummingbird moth diversity and color. There are different types of gypsy moths native to their original habitats.
Hummingbird moths also come from other sphinx moth genera. Giant peacock moth saturnia pyri imperial moth eacles imperialis luna moth actias luna polyphemus moth antheraea polyphemus prometheus moth callosamia promethea moths of economic significance. African armyworm spodoptera exempta a major agricultural pest in africa. There are over 160000 recorded species of moths across the globe with around 11000 of these being found in the united states and around 2500 being found in the united kingdom.
These are the hybrid types that spread the moth species globally. Luna moth can be found in eastern texas central florida eastern north dakota and nova scotia west to saskatchewan. This is a type of moth with lime green colored wings and a white body and is also often referred to as the american moon moth. Assam silkmoth antheraea assamensis makes muga silk a type.
Moths are flying insects in the order of lepidoptera which is also the same order to which butterflies belong.